Advancing Diversity & Inclusion in Journalism
The Advancing Diversity & Inclusion in Journalism (AD&IJ) project aims to promote diversity and inclusion (D&I) in journalism by improving journalists' understanding of D&I values and practices in news coverage, raising awareness among news media organisations of the importance of having diversified newsrooms, indirectly reinforcing public trust in journalism, and developing useful and feasible Guidelines for a D&I-sensitive journalism.
Objectives
- Enhance journalists’ understanding of the D&I values and practices in news coverage.
- Raise awareness among news media organisations of the importance of having diversified newsrooms and identify concrete ways to diversify editorial staff.
- Transfer D&I good practices from other fields (e.g., the advertising industry) to the specific field of journalism and/or from one area of diversity (e.g., gender/sex) to another (e.g., ethnicity), using a participatory approach that involves journalists and news media organisations, based in Belgium, Italy, Spain but also in Europe and Mediterranean Region.
- Develop and disseminate Guidelines for a D&I-sensitive journalism, at both the news coverage and newsroom levels, sharing them with all members of the AD&IJ project partnership and all other journalists and news media organisations not represented by the partnership but that the project can reach.
Project leader: C.A.R.E.S. scrl (hereinafter CARES-OdP-OdP), independent non-profit media research organisation, also known as Osservatorio di Pavia.
Partners: IFJ, COPEAM, Fondazione diversity ETS (IT), Fundacion para la diversidad (ES)
Starting date: Feburary 2024
Duration: 11 months
